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_ Occurrence of Leucin in the fresh juice of the Vetch. 
leucin and tyrosin stand in very i 
n 
during the sprouting of the papilionacee and disappears later 
. ; : ; 
tration, deposited a granular substance, which formed crusts on 
all the asparagin. The filtrate on concentration deposited first 
in, then tl 
of the albuminate. Althea roots and the roots of Scorzonera his- 
pan., were examined for leucin, but without result.—Ber. Berl. 
Chem. Ges., vii, 146, 569, Feb., April, 1874. | G. F. B. 
5. On Protamine, a new Base from the Spermatozoids of the 
Rhine salmon.—Mixscuer has examined the chemical character 
of the spermatozoids of the Rhine salmon, which at the time of 
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maturity, in November, may be obtained pure in considerable 
